Brett Sutter call-up

[Drunk Skunk]

Originally Posted by borr

I can think of another Brett on the team that deserves a call up. Every year its said he is the most reliable guy on the backend. Mcgill says he is the most consistant each and every year. Is a leader on and off the ice, best plus/minus each year. What else would Sutter want?

A forward, evidently.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

Funny, well done but I don't see anything wrong with Darryl calling up his kid. If he was down in the ECL, I'd call foul but from all reports he's worked for this chance and like all of our prospects I wish the best for him tomorrow.

Actually I don't have a problem with it. I was just imagining a dinner chat at the Sutter house.

[justafan]

Originally Posted by Bo Toxic

12/22/2008 - Calgary Flames General Manager Darryl Sutter announced today that forward Brett Sutter has been recalled from Quad City (AHL).

Huh? How do you spell nepotism? A move clearly not based on hockey skills - I guess the General Manager's child needed a plane ride home to Calgary and this is a way for Darryl to expense the cost. Merry Christmas Lundmark, Greentree, Chucko, Peters, Van der Gulik...here's a lump of coal!

Well actually he was already here, near Calgary, for the call up, though I am pretty sure Darryl and the Flames could have paid for the flight. Love those other players you mentioned and so sorry you had no confidence in Sutter cause he sure was a treat to watch on the ice. Very confident, in front of the net, and then the first NHL goal, which he deserved and no, his dad didn't arrange that. He played well in spite of being a 'Sutter" or maybe because he is a Sutter?!

[chris lindberg]

He may hope for the best, but Brett Sutter is a realist. He fully expects the critics to point to his bloodlines and cry nepotism over his appointment to the big club

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...5-bc47def73a10

That's because Brett Sutter must have been reading CalgaryPuck yesterday and seen it all go down, lol.

Seriously though, I've got a couple of courteous replies over the years from a friend or family member of a Calgary prosect who agreed with my suggestions and opinions that their guy really does have a shot at making the Flames. Of the thousands of people associated with our draft picks, I'm sure a few hundred of them must have browsed CP from time to time, it is, after all the #1 Calgary Flames message board out there!

[sevenarms]

Originally Posted by Bo Toxic

Ok, ok...let's see how boy-Brett plays. I'll concede he was going to be in Calgary anyway - might as well let him have a play-date with the bigger boys and see how he fares. I just know how hard all of the AHL guys work to get this kind of shot. Mr. Darryl shouldn't be so cavalier with the roster spots. Boy-Brett is a fine youngster, but he is not (yet) the cream of the crop down in Iowa (or Illinois, or wherever it is...)

I think boy-brett had a pretty good play-date with the big boys. Wouldn't you agree?

[schnee]

3rd star, and voted hardest working Flame (text fan poll) during the game

[PIMking]

schnee your the man!

[SparkyOne]

Awesome pics!

Thanks.....

[DEvans]

Brett didn't have as great of a night against Ottawa on Saturday:

7 shifts for 3:03 mins ice time, -1, 2 penalty mins, 1 giveaway

[koop]

So has he been sent down yet? If you don't trust a player to be out there for more than 3 minutes you should call someone else up. Kind of bizarre though, I thought Keenan would love a player like Sutter. Did he make a stupid mistake before he was benched? I can't remember, and even if he did it's not like it was because of a lack of effort. So I don't know why he wouldn't be given another chance.

[Caged Great]

he was partially responsible for the Spezza goal with lax play. He got stapled to the bench to teach him a lesson

[DEvans]

decent night against the Wild, was busy a couple times:

8 shifts for 5:22 mins ice time, 3 shots

[Swervin]

All in all ... thanks for coming, we're kinda busy but we'll have to schedule you in for another playdate. How does Easter sound, your mom will be waiting and we can hunt for eggs, like old times!

[cKy]

Originally Posted by Swervin

All in all ... thanks for coming, we're kinda busy but we'll have to schedule you in for another playdate. How does Easter sound, your mom will be waiting and we can hunt for eggs, like old times!

uhhhhhh wtf?